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Ficelle
OpenAI-compatible router that puts free LLM models from 13 providers behind one endpoint with automatic failover
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Ficelle routes requests to free LLM models across 13 providers with automatic failover and zero paid model spending enforced in code.
What it is
Ficelle is an OpenAI-compatible router that puts free LLM models from 13 providers behind one endpoint. When one model rate-limits or fails, the router automatically tries the next eligible free model and reroutes the request in milliseconds. The core router is free and includes strict-zero routing with OpenRouter and Nous reference providers. Ficelle tests whether each model handles tool calls, JSON and vision before routing requests, ranking working models by speed and reliability. Paid fallback is hardcoded off in the code, so routed requests cannot accidentally bill you. The router runs locally on your machine with your API keys staying local, and prompts go directly to the provider without a middleman proxy.
Pro adds a maintained provider pool, model fusion, prompt compression and one-command updates. In a 76-task benchmark against gpt-5, free routing was quality-safe for classification (100%), JSON extraction (95%) and reasoning (94%), though paid models still perform better for polished long-form writing.
Systems
- Automatic failover across 13 free LLM providers
- OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
- Model capability testing for tools, JSON and vision
- Hardcoded zero paid model fallback
- Local router with keys staying on your machine
- Model fusion and answer synthesis in Pro
- Custom virtual model profiles in Pro
- Native prompt compression to reduce tokens
- Automatic model cooling and recovery probing
- Support for Cursor, Continue, Open WebUI, LangChain and Claude Code
Pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free: open core under BSL 1.1, no account or card required. Pro: 12 € monthly (or 9.08 € per month billed annually at 109 €/yr), or 199 € for Lifetime license (one payment, no renewals, limited to first 200). 14-day free trial for Pro requires a card.
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Quick answers
- Is it really free?
- The open core is free under BSL 1.1 and includes strict-zero routing, OpenRouter and Nous reference providers, and the one-command installer. Pro adds the maintained provider pool, model fusion, prompt compression and one-command updates. You never pay for models through Ficelle on any plan.
- Do my prompts or keys pass through your servers?
- No. The router runs on your machine, your API keys stay local, and prompts go straight to the provider you choose. Ficelle-operated servers receive only an optional update request and the Pro license check, which you can disable by setting FICELLE_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=1.
- Can it accidentally spend my money?
- No. Paid fallback is hardcoded off, not a setting you can toggle, and Ficelle refuses to start if the config claims otherwise. Any model that starts reporting a price is quarantined automatically, and the open core code is public so you can verify it.
- Are free models good enough for real work?
- For labelling, triage, structured extraction and most reasoning, yes. In a 76-task benchmark against gpt-5, free routing was quality-safe on classification (100%), JSON extraction (95%) and reasoning (94%). Polished long-form writing is the exception, where paid models still win.
- Which tools work with it?
- Ficelle supports Cursor, Codex, Continue, Open WebUI, LangChain, CrewAI and curl through its OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Claude Code connects natively through Ficelle's Anthropic Messages endpoint, and Hermes and OpenClaw use packaged connectors.
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